Category: Barack Obama

Originally published at Rare The alleged goal of Obamacare was to increase the amount of people who have health insurance. It instead created a problem: While more people are covered (millions after the plans they had were banned), insurance is more expensive overall, and has not correlated with increased access to care. High deductibles (the…

Originally published at Rare Bernie Sanders believes that access to healthcare is a right – and he’s willing to blow up any semblance of individual choice you enjoy in this arena (along with the economy) – to pursue this ideological fantasy. You have to give the man credit for one thing – he’s honest about…

Originally published at Every Joe Two themes have permeated Obama’s presidency: Hope and cynicism. He famously invoked the former during his 2008 run that captured the imagination of an eager electorate. And when the realities of governing failed to match his lofty rhetoric, he has consistently blamed the latter; attributing it, of course, to his ideological…

Originally published at Rare Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) is a prolific Twitter user. The libertarian Republican has become known for taking fights with his colleagues to the Twitterverse using quick-witted statements that delight his over 60,000 followers. On Monday, he pondered why President Obama has time to meet with his favorite rappers, but ignores repeated…

Originally published at Rare MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry made the argument this week that because “a lot of people shoot their wives with perfectly legal guns,” weapons owned by law abiding citizens should be confiscated. When pressed by former New York City police officer Jon Shane to explain her argument, Harris-Perry suggested that if men who…